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The thing you have to remember about John is that he very much straddles the line between avant-garde/noise stuff that embraces dirt and imperfection as a path to capturing truth, and a more pop approach. His guitar work (at least on studio recordings) is always extremely sensitively, artfully and deliberately executed in the service of the emotional content of the song. He can go full-on pyrotechnics when he wants to ('Dani California'), wistful, bruised but newly free ('Scar Tissue'), monstrously libidinal ("Show Me Your Soul'), flat-out heartbroken ('I Could Have Lied'). He's a soloist of enormous range and depth, and, beyond all else, a true artist.
Very interesting re: Californication solo… I always interpreted the ‘plinkiness’ or ‘struggle’ to play notes as vulnerability, like at the beginning of the second 4-bar phrase of that solo when the first high note just barely materializes. I think it was 100% a choice and beautiful one at that.
I love John Frusciante, especially his solo work. The fact that he’s still alive after almost burning alive and heroin addiction is a miracle in itself. John, you are a gift dude. Thanks for inspiring me to get through the dark days to shine light into the world.
For those asking... Dave Navarro was the guitarist for One Hot Minute, not JF. IDK about the title, but it's not that confusing. Jim Scott was the sound engineer for those albums.
@@DethronedByEli Listen to Jane's Addiction. You might not like his kind of more metal arena style solos but you can't say Jane's Addiction is bad and it's constant guitar most of the time.
@@DethronedByEli As a guitarist, Dave is excellent. Mostly people just think he's a douchebag, at least, that's the impression I got. Like Axel Rose, phenomenal singer... but he sucks haha. The guitar on My Friends for example is exceptional. I'd say he is a more interesting guitarist than Josh, but not as much as John of course.
I love how he said the solos sounded "humble". Not only was removing ego and capturing the state of his playing very honest, it also opens a BIG door to inspiring others.
There's a red Jaguar in the cover of John's album with Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, I figure it's the same one he's talking about here. Pretty sweet backstory. Thank you for the video.
Yep, that guitar recorded Around the World, Scar Tissue solos, Minor Thing, and many more alot of those John solo album songs, Ataxia songs...Around 98 he was playing those songs live w/that guitar and you can tell he was like na, this is an album guitar...shit was always going wrong.
The red jaguar John had bought himself in ‘97. He said this himself in guitar magazine. Quite a while back. He probably bought a different one with Jim. I’ve seen John with a sunburst jag during the joy division cover band era. Plus two white Jaguars, one with dot inlays and one with block inlays. Who knows how many more he may have that haven’t been seen in public.
@@blistabliss hmm I disagree. That was Anthony's songwriting prime, IMO. Californication felt like it was shared, and then it was John after that. That's me though. When watching the BSSM documentary, John very much seems like a kid learning the ropes, under Anthony's wing sorta, and I think that dynamic carried through to the music.
The Peppers have been the apex of my love of music since 1989 when I first heard Mothers Milk. John’s guitar was my portal into that world. The back bone of that album is Flea and Chad with that powerful driving rhythm section, but John was a young wild genius over it all. I’m not religious but their music is about as close to church as I have. They’ve always been a quartet but I can say I think it’d be a beautiful idea to basically add Josh as an official fifth full time member. Fuck it, five guys. He’s not John, obviously, but the dude is a force musically. He’s been low key behind the scenes with them for a long time and is getting better and better with songwriting. He learned a lot from the time they spent with Dangermouse and while for ME the band really is the band I know when John is at the helm creatively, I can say I will miss what Josh brought to the band. If they’d bring him back into the fold officially I think it’d be amazing. Also as a side note I LOVE the direction they took for a minute with Dangermouse and if they revisited that with John now back, I think they’d create their magnum opus. I can only imagine the musical landscape Frusciante, Klinghoffer, and Burton would weave together.
i heard John say he likes listening to his playing on Californication because he got every ounce of his ability on the record, which he admitted was diminished
Geting into Niandra Lades in grade 8 really established my tolerance for a broad range of genres. It doesn't get too much more experimental than that. It's such a beautiful album. Under all the dissonance and chaos are such soft, sweet melodies all throughout the album.
Past Recedes, Repeating and The real are real masterpieces. Some of his earlier solo albums with guitars are decent. When he went electronic I lost touch. But seeing John back in RHCP is one the best things of 2021/2022
I know it’s such a mainstream album but Californiacation is the only album that exists I can listen to from track one and play it all the way through without skipping.
All my favourite artists are relatively consistent I find. One hit wonders never impress me that much in the big picture. That's one reason Elliott Smith is my favourite artist. I can listen to all 6 studio albums start to finish and enjoy every single song.
interesting! I love John. I must say though, I like the tone in the Californication signals, it's like a slightly hot, mostly dry signal with a bit of crunch.
Watching this again and again!!! I wish you could do a video about the "Niandra LaDes & UJATS" and the "Smile from the streets you hold" LPs!! 2 of the GREATEST LPs ever recorded!!! Plus the AWESOMENESS you out into everything you do Danny boy!!!! I know they'd be GOLD!!! Only good piece about them is the VPRO '94 interview. John was still DEEP in his addiction at the time so he doesn't really go too deep into it.
Also, (as I understand it) back in 1997 Josh was playing drums for an album Bob was recording and on one track John came in to play a solo - marking the first time Josh and John had met … your welcome :-)
That‘s so cool to hear as a 2000s kid who‘s in his 20s and uses awesome software for fun and these guys used nothing of that. „Pro Tools has been invented but we didn‘t use it at that time“
Millions worth of audio equipment but nobody uses a xlr studio mic and sets their skype facetime or zoom call to the input. Sorry for being negative, but i honestly dont get that. why am i listening to an audio engineer through some android phone in a soup can.
@@MrFloris look. I have thousands of dollars of mics sitting less than 10 ft from my desk and their cables 20 ft away and the fucking interface and pres less than 2. I set mics up all day everyday. I can hear him just fine. Jim Scott has been at it for a lot longer and I’m sure given his opinion of thinking californication sounds great (recordings and mix maybe but master got loudness checked over compressed to fuck) I don’t think he gives 2 shits. He didn’t think it was worth it. But we are talking about audio engineers. Yeah the same fucking ones that use those millions of dollars worth of mics on a kit only to throw Steven slate drums on to them to be triggered. So keep spinning the wheel. You must not have much to do if you feel the need to plug a fucking Neuman for a Skype interview
@3:00 Homeboy low key is like, "I don't understand what the big deal is w/this guy..." lol, even engineers are scratching their heads...meanwhile he is one of the most genius dudes to ever touch a guitar.
Humble is a great word. People like this guy and even friends of mine after hearing a solo on cali song or Cali album: "Wait this is the guy who you think is the greatest musician of all time?" I think they are always expecting some mix of Hendrix recording, van Halen effects, tapping, with SRV power strumming and Steve Vai solos...All of which #JohnFrusciante does and can do but he serves the music.
Some people play 1/32s and never make a buck, some guys play 1/4s and make millions. I love that. No-one likes a show-off, must genuine emotions can sell....
Lol. Yeah you could see the wheels turning on how to give the most diplomatic answer. He danced around it like Fred Astaire, meanwhile the whole world is looking at the screen saying what he wasn’t. Lol. As far as Josh goes, I don’t think he gets enough credit for being the all-around accomplished “musician” he is. He, along with 98% of guitarists, is always going going to sit in John’s shadow in regards to guitar. He’s NEVER going to escape that. But he brings a lot more to the table than just being a guitarist.
imagine calling a guy who cant bend in tune, had his guitar guitar out of tune often during lives, uses only 1-10 scale, makes improvised solos that sounds like crap a guitar god lmfao
@@familyguyballschiefin you don't know shit about guitar. He's better, in my opinion, than a technical master that knows every scale and is perfectly on pitch always, like Buckethead. Sure that is impressive in a way, but buckethead can't even come close to matching the emotional output in John's playing. In fact, I think he, Paul Gilbert, Malmsteen, are really boring to listen to yet many would call them Gods. Imagine not knowing how opinions work to such a degree that you laugh your fucking ass off at them. Imagine being an idiot.
@@familyguyballschiefin in my OPINION John is a guitar god. John can bend any note to any pitch he wants on the guitar. His guitar is out of tune live?? It’s obvious that you’ve never played live lol I hate to break the news to you but guitars will go out of tune playing a 60 year old strat outside without a Floyd. Maybe if he did more sweep picking and wore a kfc bucket on his head you might be impressed.
@@jimflanagan1948 nice coping mechanism lmfao. just get the fact that he is sloppy asf. and im not saying that i like incredible fast guitar players bozo. im saying that he didnt mastered bending in tune. stay mad john frusciante fanboy
i totally get what jim (and others have) said here re: jf not being "strong" on coming back for cali, but i personally disagree- it's arguably their most iconic album (tied w/ bssm in the eyes of the masses i think) with at least 3-4 bonafide anthems which transcend their era and are forever deeply apart of music culture. maybe his technical prowess wasn't what it was on stadium arcadium for example, or even on bssm if going back, but i wouldn't have wanted it any other way; it's perfect.
Recovering junkies...😒 I mean, it works and it's not a lie, but I hate the term junkies. Recovering addict sounds better, but junkie is probably a better description...because John was beyond addicted! I'm so glad he survived. The world is better with him in it.
when I realised what he was looking for, hoped so much he would say addict.. as you said, junkie is what he was, but it's such a sensitive topic, I believe we should show respect to those, even more when talking about someone as talented as John and who has fully and bravely recovered. cheers, mate
@@julioluiz you should give respect to all people, whether they're talented or not. besides that, drug addicts usually don't mind or care if you call them junkies, as they call themselves like that all the time when they're in their group of peers. No need to be sensitive, it is what it is.
@@julioluiz whats wrong with calling things how they are. How did everybody get so soft these days. It‘s like more and more people transform to Karens.
Interesting... I find junkies will often use that term almost with pride. Pride isn't quite the word... Badge of honor? Something like that. Why use a softer term, when addiction is completely ugly? I think junkie is suitable. I never seen a junkie offended by the term. Perhaps because going through addiction changes and affects you so much, that the term is relatively meaningless. It's like, the same reason you wouldn't call a murder a "life nullifier" or something like that haha. I was a hardcore meth addict all through my twenties, tweaker never bothered me, as I didn't expect such a shitty thing to be described with an elegant term, i was realistic about it.
hate being the dude pointing it out but, that the studio engineer is gonna have so bad quality on his microphone that i cant understand what he says at times is a bit funny :P
I heard John's hand muscles, dexterity, and technique were weak during the composition and recording of Californication and that's why it has the distinct sound
the solos in both scar tissue and californication, as simple as they are, are two of the catchiest and most emotionally impactful parts of those songs and the whole record. i really don’t think the character and quality of either has anything to do with him recovering his strength or technique. they sound very deliberate to me.
I remember John mentioning at one point he toned down the speed and intensity for those albums, because his arm was weak from all the heroin use, and it was difficult to get through whole sets otherwise.
7:34 sitting on your knees blocks the energy from going to legs - this is a good trick i know cuz i practice that way and had an epiphany about it while on lsd
Unrelated note: I will never understand how these amazing musicians always have the shittiest microphones for online interviews, you'd think they'd buy better hardware?
hahah no doubt! If I were in this interview, and had what sounds like a webcam mic, I'd naturally set up an XLR. Every fiber in my soul would never allow that quality, it wouldn't even get to the point where I'd have to decide. I think some older analogue sound guys aren't necessarily computer savvy, perhaps that's why, he never got very into digital equipment. That's my guess. Gearheads and tecchy types are similar but there is apparently a major difference. I think gear is more mechanical skill as opposed to being tech savvy. I don't fucking know, there really is no excuse lol.
Oftentimes they have good gear but the recording software can’t capture it because it’s live. Like how your phone sounds much better when you record a voice memo than on a call
Shadows shows what the Chili's could be if they weren't mainstream and had someone who could actually sing - Anthony's vocals fit the Chili's though can't sing like John can.
yeah I disagree. Shadows is what RHCP would be if it was only John. And that's exactly what it is. John's solo stuff is totally different from RHCP. I think the songs are the way they are, mostly as a reflection of Anthony's vision for the band early on. John's contributions to RHCP are probably influenced by that vision. That's sorta what band members gotta do, they all gotta get on the same page. Then John's solo stuff is obviously him writing 100% what he wanted to. And to me, they're totally separate entities. What they COULD be? They're one of the biggest bands ever, and it's a pretty contrarian opinion to think Shadows is better than any chili peppers album. I like John's vocal tone, but he's not very technically skilled vocally either. And if Anthony's vocals fit the band, like you say, why do you want him replaced?
SCWP with a great random singer wouldnt be too good formula. Its 100% John that makes the album sound the way it sounds. If peppers would have had a great singer from the start the songs and albums would be totally different. No great singer is gonna do that funky scatty rappy singing. And without that their sound would be much more insignificant and dull. Peppers are the perfect example where the group is more valuable than the individuals combined.
josh's connection to the chili peppers is through John.........no shit sherlock. Johns connection to Josh though on a more enlightening note was through Bob Forrest
Dude come on Josh was John's friend and they made his solo records. Josh was back up guitar and keyboard on the Stadium Arcadium tour. Not to hate but if you didn't know that and you barely asked about By The Way which is easily their most musically ambitious album if your a big frusciante fan so there's literally a million questions you could have asked. I'm not trying to be a dick so I would hope you take it as constructive criticism if your gonna spend your time and money and get an opportunity that I've never seen anyone get before to talk to someone who was inside enough to know what he's talking about but outside enough to speak candidly. Also you would know that Josh is self admittedly not actually a guitar player originally as his primary instrument so that was an odd question. That said I learned a few interesting things for a person like me who really is interested in this very specific stuff. And btw I'm more than a casual fan but the things I pointed out aren't things I've researched or anything it's just like pretty common info. I really don't mean to be a dick I'm sorry this was really cool I was just a little disappointed that you really didn't ask hardly anything. It was still cool tho a lot of people will be satisfied. I'm not tryna be an aggro rhcp "stan" person at all. I really do mean it as constructive criticism if ur gonna make more vids. Power to ya.
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The thing you have to remember about John is that he very much straddles the line between avant-garde/noise stuff that embraces dirt and imperfection as a path to capturing truth, and a more pop approach. His guitar work (at least on studio recordings) is always extremely sensitively, artfully and deliberately executed in the service of the emotional content of the song. He can go full-on pyrotechnics when he wants to ('Dani California'), wistful, bruised but newly free ('Scar Tissue'), monstrously libidinal ("Show Me Your Soul'), flat-out heartbroken ('I Could Have Lied'). He's a soloist of enormous range and depth, and, beyond all else, a true artist.
Shadows collide with people is a top album from john personally everyone of his solo albums is amazing
Shadows and Empyrean are my top two
The empyrean changed my life, literally...
Curtains is probably the album I have listened to the most times by any artist.
"Driving to eat a Carvel cake" has been one of my favorite lyrics since i was like 12 or 13
Absolutely, considering he recorded two versions of this album (electric and acoustic)
Very interesting re: Californication solo… I always interpreted the ‘plinkiness’ or ‘struggle’ to play notes as vulnerability, like at the beginning of the second 4-bar phrase of that solo when the first high note just barely materializes.
I think it was 100% a choice and beautiful one at that.
I love John Frusciante, especially his solo work. The fact that he’s still alive after almost burning alive and heroin addiction is a miracle in itself. John, you are a gift dude. Thanks for inspiring me to get through the dark days to shine light into the world.
For those asking... Dave Navarro was the guitarist for One Hot Minute, not JF. IDK about the title, but it's not that confusing. Jim Scott was the sound engineer for those albums.
Dave Navarro sucks tho..
@@DethronedByEli as far as you know.
@@DethronedByEli Listen to Jane's Addiction. You might not like his kind of more metal arena style solos but you can't say Jane's Addiction is bad and it's constant guitar most of the time.
@@DethronedByEli As a guitarist, Dave is excellent. Mostly people just think he's a douchebag, at least, that's the impression I got. Like Axel Rose, phenomenal singer... but he sucks haha. The guitar on My Friends for example is exceptional. I'd say he is a more interesting guitarist than Josh, but not as much as John of course.
@@JunkBondTrader I agree whole heartedly agree man! I hate axel. Everyone knows everyone’s there to see Slash not him lmao
I love how he said the solos sounded "humble". Not only was removing ego and capturing the state of his playing very honest, it also opens a BIG door to inspiring others.
John is truly an inspiration to me. Not just his playing, but his philosophy on how to approach music has had a tremendous impact on me. 🎸🤘🏽🔥
There's a red Jaguar in the cover of John's album with Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, I figure it's the same one he's talking about here. Pretty sweet backstory. Thank you for the video.
I think he played it at Woodstock 99 too.
Yep, that guitar recorded Around the World, Scar Tissue solos, Minor Thing, and many more alot of those John solo album songs, Ataxia songs...Around 98 he was playing those songs live w/that guitar and you can tell he was like na, this is an album guitar...shit was always going wrong.
@@matguerra333 holy fuck Minor Thing??! Fuck yes!
The red jaguar John had bought himself in ‘97. He said this himself in guitar magazine. Quite a while back. He probably bought a different one with Jim. I’ve seen John with a sunburst jag during the joy division cover band era. Plus two white Jaguars, one with dot inlays and one with block inlays. Who knows how many more he may have that haven’t been seen in public.
Dude that album is incredible
RHCP will always be my strength growing up with their music. The music took me thru many lifetimes
Well said man. They’re music was a heavy influence back in my middle school years and i’ve now revisited that today but im 25 now.
Idk why every piece of information about John fascinates me more than anything
These are some of the best insights I’ve ever heard on John. Thank you. Two great people speaking about a beautiful man
I have said for many years that by By The Way, John was the musical leader and it remained that way through Stadium Arcadium days.
He was on blood sugar too.
@@blistabliss hmm I disagree. That was Anthony's songwriting prime, IMO. Californication felt like it was shared, and then it was John after that. That's me though. When watching the BSSM documentary, John very much seems like a kid learning the ropes, under Anthony's wing sorta, and I think that dynamic carried through to the music.
@@JunkBondTrader most tracks on BSSM began as instrumental jams
The Peppers have been the apex of my love of music since 1989 when I first heard Mothers Milk. John’s guitar was my portal into that world. The back bone of that album is Flea and Chad with that powerful driving rhythm section, but John was a young wild genius over it all. I’m not religious but their music is about as close to church as I have. They’ve always been a quartet but I can say I think it’d be a beautiful idea to basically add Josh as an official fifth full time member. Fuck it, five guys. He’s not John, obviously, but the dude is a force musically. He’s been low key behind the scenes with them for a long time and is getting better and better with songwriting. He learned a lot from the time they spent with Dangermouse and while for ME the band really is the band I know when John is at the helm creatively, I can say I will miss what Josh brought to the band. If they’d bring him back into the fold officially I think it’d be amazing. Also as a side note I LOVE the direction they took for a minute with Dangermouse and if they revisited that with John now back, I think they’d create their magnum opus. I can only imagine the musical landscape Frusciante, Klinghoffer, and Burton would weave together.
I met Jim Scott once. Super humble and Intelligent guy.
I could hear John’s creative force all over by the way, so it’s really cool to hear that credited from the engineer
Jim seems like a really nice person, he must be very talented…I really love the sound of the albums he is mentioning, some of my favorites.
Californication sounds like shit. I dont know how anyone can argue with that.
@@nojesheiCalifornication was one of the albums that got MASSIVELY hit from the The Loudness Wars, u right. But one of my favourite albums regardless.
John IS DEFINITELY the creative force.
i heard John say he likes listening to his playing on Californication because he got every ounce of his ability on the record, which he admitted was diminished
i like how he basically alludes to the fact john is an average guitar player but still is great at what he does. and thats all that matters
Geting into Niandra Lades in grade 8 really established my tolerance for a broad range of genres. It doesn't get too much more experimental than that. It's such a beautiful album. Under all the dissonance and chaos are such soft, sweet melodies all throughout the album.
I never thought I'd cross paths with such a legend on a random RUclips video.
Pure GOLD as always Danny boy!!🤘🎸🤘🎸🤘😎😎💚🖤💚
Great interview, thanks!
Love the Froosh. 😎🎸🎶
Great interview!
Really, really cool interview. Really unique. Great to listen to. Jim's great.
Love stuff like this, great job man🤩
Thats sooo interesting! Could listen for hours about making of those records
me too
I think it’s simply because JF has that rare quality, musical taste.😍
Past Recedes, Repeating and The real are real masterpieces. Some of his earlier solo albums with guitars are decent. When he went electronic I lost touch. But seeing John back in RHCP is one the best things of 2021/2022
I know it’s such a mainstream album but Californiacation is the only album that exists I can listen to from track one and play it all the way through without skipping.
All my favourite artists are relatively consistent I find. One hit wonders never impress me that much in the big picture. That's one reason Elliott Smith is my favourite artist. I can listen to all 6 studio albums start to finish and enjoy every single song.
I am like that with BSSM which is their best album in my opinion
Every Frusciante solo is super memorable
Just started listening this is exactly what i was looking for! Hopefully they talk about the amps and mics on this video
very interesting insights!
interesting! I love John. I must say though, I like the tone in the Californication signals, it's like a slightly hot, mostly dry signal with a bit of crunch.
John is great at playing clean tones, it is as simple as that.
Incredible. Thank you
Watching this again and again!!!
I wish you could do a video about the "Niandra LaDes & UJATS" and the "Smile from the streets you hold" LPs!!
2 of the GREATEST LPs ever recorded!!!
Plus the AWESOMENESS you out into everything you do Danny boy!!!!
I know they'd be GOLD!!!
Only good piece about them is the VPRO '94 interview.
John was still DEEP in his addiction at the time so he doesn't really go too deep into it.
I love the way it was so natural and simple.
John had 13's on the white falcon used on californication hence the commentary on the solo
Also, (as I understand it) back in 1997 Josh was playing drums for an album Bob was recording and on one track John came in to play a solo - marking the first time Josh and John had met … your welcome :-)
great video
That‘s so cool to hear as a 2000s kid who‘s in his 20s and uses awesome software for fun and these guys used nothing of that. „Pro Tools has been invented but we didn‘t use it at that time“
Millions worth of audio equipment but nobody uses a xlr studio mic and sets their skype facetime or zoom call to the input. Sorry for being negative, but i honestly dont get that. why am i listening to an audio engineer through some android phone in a soup can.
well said
Because you get sick of setting the shit up
@@nikdrown oh yeh. So hard to put in a mic into the dac and selecting it in your app.
@@MrFloris look. I have thousands of dollars of mics sitting less than 10 ft from my desk and their cables 20 ft away and the fucking interface and pres less than 2. I set mics up all day everyday. I can hear him just fine. Jim Scott has been at it for a lot longer and I’m sure given his opinion of thinking californication sounds great (recordings and mix maybe but master got loudness checked over compressed to fuck) I don’t think he gives 2 shits. He didn’t think it was worth it. But we are talking about audio engineers. Yeah the same fucking ones that use those millions of dollars worth of mics on a kit only to throw Steven slate drums on to them to be triggered. So keep spinning the wheel. You must not have much to do if you feel the need to plug a fucking Neuman for a Skype interview
I think you need better speakers. I can hear him fine
Behind the scenes fire. 🔥
@3:00 Homeboy low key is like, "I don't understand what the big deal is w/this guy..." lol, even engineers are scratching their heads...meanwhile he is one of the most genius dudes to ever touch a guitar.
lol I know he's like rolling his eyes almost like "pff John actually thought that sounded good!" without actually saying that.
wish I could engineer Jim's room here...I would get that mic out from between the couch and put it on him
Sometimes simplicity is all we need, like californication, simple but yet so huge
Thanks so much for this!
Humble is a great word. People like this guy and even friends of mine after hearing a solo on cali song or Cali album: "Wait this is the guy who you think is the greatest musician of all time?" I think they are always expecting some mix of Hendrix recording, van Halen effects, tapping, with SRV power strumming and Steve Vai solos...All of which #JohnFrusciante does and can do but he serves the music.
Lets face it, John cant play like eddie or vai. But thats okay.
Funny i always loved the solos on Californication, they are simpler but so tasteful and emotive
Correct me if I'm wrong, but JF was not in One Hot Minute album. Maybe the title is confusing
It was Dave Navarro in one hot minute, not JF
Jim Scott was an engineer on those albums
Thank you for borrowing your stuff to john
For real! The butterfly effect in action.
Some people play 1/32s and never make a buck, some guys play 1/4s and make millions. I love that. No-one likes a show-off, must genuine emotions can sell....
He is trying to be polite comparing the two guitar players. Josh is a decent guitar player but John is a guitar god.
Lol. Yeah you could see the wheels turning on how to give the most diplomatic answer. He danced around it like Fred Astaire, meanwhile the whole world is looking at the screen saying what he wasn’t. Lol. As far as Josh goes, I don’t think he gets enough credit for being the all-around accomplished “musician” he is. He, along with 98% of guitarists, is always going going to sit in John’s shadow in regards to guitar. He’s NEVER going to escape that. But he brings a lot more to the table than just being a guitarist.
imagine calling a guy who cant bend in tune, had his guitar guitar out of tune often during lives, uses only 1-10 scale, makes improvised solos that sounds like crap a guitar god lmfao
@@familyguyballschiefin you don't know shit about guitar. He's better, in my opinion, than a technical master that knows every scale and is perfectly on pitch always, like Buckethead. Sure that is impressive in a way, but buckethead can't even come close to matching the emotional output in John's playing. In fact, I think he, Paul Gilbert, Malmsteen, are really boring to listen to yet many would call them Gods. Imagine not knowing how opinions work to such a degree that you laugh your fucking ass off at them. Imagine being an idiot.
@@familyguyballschiefin in my OPINION John is a guitar god. John can bend any note to any pitch he wants on the guitar. His guitar is out of tune live?? It’s obvious that you’ve never played live lol I hate to break the news to you but guitars will go out of tune playing a 60 year old strat outside without a Floyd.
Maybe if he did more sweep picking and wore a kfc bucket on his head you might be impressed.
@@jimflanagan1948 nice coping mechanism
lmfao. just get the fact that he is sloppy asf. and im not saying that i like incredible fast guitar players bozo. im saying that he didnt mastered bending in tune. stay mad john frusciante fanboy
i totally get what jim (and others have) said here re: jf not being "strong" on coming back for cali, but i personally disagree- it's arguably their most iconic album (tied w/ bssm in the eyes of the masses i think) with at least 3-4 bonafide anthems which transcend their era and are forever deeply apart of music culture. maybe his technical prowess wasn't what it was on stadium arcadium for example, or even on bssm if going back, but i wouldn't have wanted it any other way; it's perfect.
Recovering junkies...😒 I mean, it works and it's not a lie, but I hate the term junkies. Recovering addict sounds better, but junkie is probably a better description...because John was beyond addicted! I'm so glad he survived. The world is better with him in it.
when I realised what he was looking for, hoped so much he would say addict.. as you said, junkie is what he was, but it's such a sensitive topic, I believe we should show respect to those, even more when talking about someone as talented as John and who has fully and bravely recovered. cheers, mate
@@julioluiz you should give respect to all people, whether they're talented or not. besides that, drug addicts usually don't mind or care if you call them junkies, as they call themselves like that all the time when they're in their group of peers. No need to be sensitive, it is what it is.
@@julioluiz whats wrong with calling things how they are. How did everybody get so soft these days. It‘s like more and more people transform to Karens.
Anthony has referred to himself as a former junkie. When you’ve been to rock bottom you know you can’t sugar coat it with semantics.
Interesting... I find junkies will often use that term almost with pride. Pride isn't quite the word... Badge of honor? Something like that. Why use a softer term, when addiction is completely ugly? I think junkie is suitable. I never seen a junkie offended by the term. Perhaps because going through addiction changes and affects you so much, that the term is relatively meaningless. It's like, the same reason you wouldn't call a murder a "life nullifier" or something like that haha. I was a hardcore meth addict all through my twenties, tweaker never bothered me, as I didn't expect such a shitty thing to be described with an elegant term, i was realistic about it.
hate being the dude pointing it out but, that the studio engineer is gonna have so bad quality on his microphone that i cant understand what he says at times is a bit funny :P
I heard John's hand muscles, dexterity, and technique were weak during the composition and recording of Californication and that's why it has the distinct sound
INTERESSANT
the solos in both scar tissue and californication, as simple as they are, are two of the catchiest and most emotionally impactful parts of those songs and the whole record. i really don’t think the character and quality of either has anything to do with him recovering his strength or technique. they sound very deliberate to me.
I remember John mentioning at one point he toned down the speed and intensity for those albums, because his arm was weak from all the heroin use, and it was difficult to get through whole sets otherwise.
dope.
this guy must have tons of mics in his studio, but preferes to talk into the shit mic of his toaster... unbelieveable
The best comment on here. 🤣
The guys old school. Probably doesnt even know hes filmed.
theres a fragility to that solo
7:34 sitting on your knees blocks the energy from going to legs - this is a good trick
i know cuz i practice that way and had an epiphany about it while on lsd
Stadium Arcadium is a gift. Learn the entire album by ear and you’re set for life on guitar lessons.
Unrelated note: I will never understand how these amazing musicians always have the shittiest microphones for online interviews, you'd think they'd buy better hardware?
hahah no doubt! If I were in this interview, and had what sounds like a webcam mic, I'd naturally set up an XLR. Every fiber in my soul would never allow that quality, it wouldn't even get to the point where I'd have to decide. I think some older analogue sound guys aren't necessarily computer savvy, perhaps that's why, he never got very into digital equipment. That's my guess. Gearheads and tecchy types are similar but there is apparently a major difference. I think gear is more mechanical skill as opposed to being tech savvy. I don't fucking know, there really is no excuse lol.
@@JunkBondTrader But what do you think about another live DMT session soon?
Oftentimes they have good gear but the recording software can’t capture it because it’s live. Like how your phone sounds much better when you record a voice memo than on a call
#davesimpson I love that red Jaguar he has. Alot of that was on Californication. Or a few songs.
Shadows shows what the Chili's could be if they weren't mainstream and had someone who could actually sing - Anthony's vocals fit the Chili's though can't sing like John can.
no
yeah I disagree. Shadows is what RHCP would be if it was only John. And that's exactly what it is. John's solo stuff is totally different from RHCP. I think the songs are the way they are, mostly as a reflection of Anthony's vision for the band early on. John's contributions to RHCP are probably influenced by that vision. That's sorta what band members gotta do, they all gotta get on the same page. Then John's solo stuff is obviously him writing 100% what he wanted to. And to me, they're totally separate entities. What they COULD be? They're one of the biggest bands ever, and it's a pretty contrarian opinion to think Shadows is better than any chili peppers album. I like John's vocal tone, but he's not very technically skilled vocally either. And if Anthony's vocals fit the band, like you say, why do you want him replaced?
SCWP with a great random singer wouldnt be too good formula. Its 100% John that makes the album sound the way it sounds. If peppers would have had a great singer from the start the songs and albums would be totally different. No great singer is gonna do that funky scatty rappy singing. And without that their sound would be much more insignificant and dull.
Peppers are the perfect example where the group is more valuable than the individuals combined.
josh's connection to the chili peppers is through John.........no shit sherlock. Johns connection to Josh though on a more enlightening note was through Bob Forrest
no shit sherlock? How is a obscure fact about a band common knowledge? More like, No shit anyone who isn't a huge chili peppers fan.
How’s a sound engineer not take the time to set up better audio for this interview?
Why is the audio so shitty????
Dude come on Josh was John's friend and they made his solo records. Josh was back up guitar and keyboard on the Stadium Arcadium tour. Not to hate but if you didn't know that and you barely asked about By The Way which is easily their most musically ambitious album if your a big frusciante fan so there's literally a million questions you could have asked. I'm not trying to be a dick so I would hope you take it as constructive criticism if your gonna spend your time and money and get an opportunity that I've never seen anyone get before to talk to someone who was inside enough to know what he's talking about but outside enough to speak candidly. Also you would know that Josh is self admittedly not actually a guitar player originally as his primary instrument so that was an odd question. That said I learned a few interesting things for a person like me who really is interested in this very specific stuff. And btw I'm more than a casual fan but the things I pointed out aren't things I've researched or anything it's just like pretty common info. I really don't mean to be a dick I'm sorry this was really cool I was just a little disappointed that you really didn't ask hardly anything. It was still cool tho a lot of people will be satisfied. I'm not tryna be an aggro rhcp "stan" person at all. I really do mean it as constructive criticism if ur gonna make more vids. Power to ya.
I can't believe that someone that calls themselves 'engineer' has so bad audio quality in a call
How did he sit on the floor and use a crybaby, that doesn’t sound right
Recording tips from someone who can't record their own voice!
Ironically, the sound on this interview is unlistenable.
What an irony! Audio is terrible!
1 hot min???? rock is not dead.Thorough research died.
awful questions
John has been recording amazing guitar for a bad lead singer, what a shame
Bad singer yet they have countless incredible songs that I couldn't imagine with another singer. It really isn't a shame lol.
@@JunkBondTrader so does nickleback
They are so horrible. It boggles the mind to try and understand how they have longevity.
im genuinely curious….what do you consider good??